I am looking for a right (passenger) side repro. SWB tail light lens, Euro version, with BOSCH marking. Thanks
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I am looking for a right (passenger) side repro. SWB tail light lens, Euro version, with BOSCH marking. Thanks
There aren’t Bosch repro lenses on the market.
Now the complete assemblies are available at Porsche classic stores:
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/p...ble-23238.html
I have some, $75 for the right side, $110 for a pair.
These are clearly fake lenses. The real Bosch Euro lenses have never been SAE marked.Quote:
Originally Posted by 66S
I thought he asked for Repro Lenses , new ones from Porsche are $$$$Quote:
Originally Posted by italux
Repro, fake, one and the same. You might be laughed out of Pebble Beach with fake lenses but they have their place. With a little work the fake lenses can look more unfake. The installed lens started like the other two but the script will never be correct. For that matter neither are the new ones sold by Porsche. Real Euro lenses never had E U markings.
One thing is the new reproductions with the brands of its current manufacturer, which is lawful and correct. Another thing is the false copies produced secretly by some clandestine company bearing the original trademarks of another company. This is counterfeiting.
A bit like buying a pair of Nike shoes knowing that they are fake produced clandestinely in some basement.
Kind of reminds me of all those old German violins I see appraised on television shows. A lot of them bear labels that imcorrectly state their maker and date because they are copies or fakes as it were. They sometimes are quite valuable because they are well made and desirable. Ive collected original Les Paul Gibson guitars and recently bought a Chinese fake for very little money. I like it a lot and play it more than my original. The guys on the Les Paul forum hate those "Chibson" guitars but Im not so judgemental.
in this case it is not just a matter of taste which I do not discuss. The lights are safety devices that must pass certain technical requirements, especially photometric ones, in order to be marketed. You can easily check the reflection of the reflex-reflectors of those false Bosch lenses and compare them to the originals or even to those of other manufacturers, but regularly SAE or EU approved. The results would surprise you.
Of course we are talking about Porsche who referred to seat belts as "chicken belts".